[concerned about politics]

This is the cooked number, isn’t it? Where do we see the real deal?

That's what I was thinking. This is for "claims." What about the self employed?

[algernonpj]

“That’s what I was thinking. This is for “claims.” What about the self employed?”

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I do not think self-employed are counted. Been trying to find out definitely, but no luck yet.

As for cooked data, the people who posted that U6 is the ‘true’ unemployment rate, they are correct. Clinton/Greenspan ‘enhanced’ the calculation of unemployment. As a result the current U6 ~ the pre-Clinton/Greenspan U3.

http://www.shadowstats.com/article/employment